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TIME Magazine

Instead of attempting a journalistic study of bus-travel, regularly punctuated by comic touches, Director Frank Capra and Robert Riskin who adapted Samuel Hopkins Adams' story, fused the two.

February 04, 2009

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Times (UK)

Perhaps not the greatest of the screwball comedies, but Frank Capra's It Happened One Night is one of the racier.

December 10, 2014

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CineVue

It Happened One Night is as lively, witty and romantic as ever. Buoyed up by dual performances from two of the era's greats, Capra's film maintains its status as a classic.

April 18, 2016

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New York Daily News

The direction is excellent. Frank Capra never lets his picture lag for a moment. It is never very exciting, but it moves along snappily and it is full of amusing situations.

February 17, 2015

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The Young Folks

Frank Capra's It Happened One Night was a film that defied expectations to such an outrageous extent that the cinema has never fully recovered from its impact or influence.

April 16, 2015

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Time Out

Capra's sense of humour is a little like that of Preston Sturges, though less caustic; and the film shows its stars at their best, Colbert as one of Hollywood's fresher comediennes, Gable as dumb-but-loveable hunk.

February 09, 2006

Classic Film and Television

One of the best comedies of its era, with a rich inventiveness of character and situation.

November 30, 2015

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Variety

One of those stories that without a particularly strong plot manages to come through in a big way, due to the acting, dialog, situations and direction.

February 19, 2008

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Chicago Reader

This is Capra at his best, very funny and very light, with a minimum of populist posturing.

December 12, 2006

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Scene-Stealers.com

Viewed even today with all of its plot elements recycled ad nauseam by Hollywood (for rom-coms, road trip comedies, odd couple/buddy films, etc.), the film still holds up because we believe Gable and Colbert and can identify with them both right away.

December 09, 2014

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Nerdist

It's sweet, cheerful, funny, and very, very good.

February 23, 2016

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Time Out

It's probably more historically important than it is a masterpiece (the last 20 minutes take the missed conections and misunderstandings an inch too far), but it's still very easy to fall in love with.

February 22, 2015

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